PT-2025-34094 · Undefined · Undefined

Published 2025-08-20 · Updated 2025-08-20 · CVE-2009-10005

NVD

CVSS v4.0

8.7

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

ContentKeeper Web Appliance (now maintained by Impero Software) versions prior to 125.10 expose the mimencode binary via a CGI endpoint, allowing unauthenticated attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the filesystem. By crafting a POST request to /cgi-bin/ck/mimencode with traversal and output parameters, attackers can read sensitive files such as /etc/passwd outside the webroot.

Fix

Files Accessible to External Parties

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-552

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-10005

Affected Products

Undefined

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-10005 · Security Note
• http://aushack.com/200904-contentkeeper.txt · Note
• https://vulncheck.com/advisories/contentkeeper-web-appliance-arbitrary-file-access-via-mimencode · Note
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/admin/http/contentkeeper_fileaccess.rb · Note
• https://web.archive.org/web/20100325220542/http://contentkeeper.com · Note
• https://exploit-db.com/exploits/16923 · Note